Method of managing a software item on a managed computer system
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Abstract
A method and system is provided of managing a current software item on a managed computer system connectable to a management computer system via a computer network. The method includes identifying, using an agent application, the current software item on the managed computer system, identifying if the current software item is an unauthorized software item; and selectively disabling the unauthorized software item.
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31 Claims
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13. A managed computer system, connectable to a management computer system that manages at least one current software item on the managed computer system, the managed computer system including:
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a processor executing instructions for; an inventory module to receive a request from the management computer system to generate a software inventory list that includes current software items on the managed computer system, and software inventory list to be communicated to the management computer system; and an uninstall module to selectively disable an unauthorized software item by using an uninstall package, associated with the unauthorized software item and received from the management computer system, the uninstall package being one of a plurality of uninstalled packages selected at the management computer system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer system comprising:
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processing resources operable to execute software; memory operable to store software; a software reference list store in the memory and identifying one or more unauthorized software items; a comparator component executing on the processing resources and operable to compare one or more current software item identifiers retrieved from a managed computer system with the software reference list to identify that the one or more current software items are unauthorized software items for the managed computer system; and an uninstall component operable to automatically, in response to detecting by the comparator component one or more unauthorized software items, communicate an uninstall package to the managed computer system for uninstalling the unauthorized software item. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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30. A method of managing software items on a managed computer system, the method comprising:
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retrieving from the managed computer system a plurality of current software item identifiers that identify current software items on the managed computer system; comparing the current software item identifiers with a software reference list to identify one or more unauthorized software items; and communicating an uninstall package to the managed computer system to uninstall the one or more unauthorized software items. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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